The Conservation Law Foundation is pushing back against the idea of a pipeline tax in Rhode Island. Motivated by recent court decisions that rejected the tax in New Hampshire and Connecticut, CLF says its time for Rhode Island to do the same.

PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island’s capital is one of 10 new cities joining the City Energy Project, a united effort to address the largest source of energy use and climate pollution in America’s urban centers and buildings.

BOSTON — The nation can move quickly to generate 100 percent of its energy from renewable resources such as solar and wind, according to a panel of researchers and experts who spoke Nov. 14 at Old South Church to an audience of about 200 people.

BURRILLVILLE, R.I. — Amid a heavy police presence and to the displeasure of opponents, the Town Council voted unanimously Nov. 3 to approve a tax agreement with the developer of the proposed fossil-fuel power plant.

BURRILLVILLE, R.I. — The town presented its case and residents gave their opinions, but in the end no decision was reached on a tax agreement with the developer of the proposed Clear River Energy Center.

HOLYOKE, Mass. — At least one former coal power plant has gone renewable. The former Mount Tom Power Station — once one the worst polluters in New England — is on its way to becoming a giant solar farm.

BURRILLVILLE, R.I. — The Town Council intends to vote Oct. 26 whether to accept a long-term property tax agreement with Invenergy Thermal Development LLC, the Chicago-based developer of what would be Rhode Island's largest power plant.